Ruth Horam

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Ruth Horam (Hebrew: רות הורם; born 1931 – 2 August 2021[1]) was an Israeli painter and sculptor.[2]

Biography[]

Ruth Horam was born in Tel Aviv, Mandatory Palestine. She was a graduate of Saint Martin's School of Art, London. In 1960 she won the UNESCO Prize for Painting, in Paris.[2] She was married to , who served as Israeli ambassador to Switzerland.[3]

Between 1964 and 1967 she chaired the . In 1969 she travelled to Seoul, S. Korea where she studied the art of calligraphy, returning to Israel in 1973. In 1983 she was Guest-Artist at 'Arabia' Ceramics in Finland. In 1996 she received the MASTO Foundation grant for Creativity.[2]

Horam was a resident of Jerusalem.

Art career[]

Ruth Horam sculpture

Since 1993, Horam had worked at the Jerusalem Printing Workshop. Her monotype prints are developed from multi-layered freely printed meshes. In the process she interposes various materials such as paper cuttings, leaves, twigs, scraps of fabric, nature or urban landscape photos. Her works are conceived and done in groups following a theme, each print being a unique creation.

Horam had produced environmental sculptures in Jerusalem and other parts of the country. Some of her work is carried out in collaboration with sculptor . Horam's focal point is ecology and recycling, using such materials as old car parts.[4]

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References[]

  1. ^ Schöpferin des Erfurter Paradiesbaumes ist verstorben (in German)
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Ruth Horam from the Israeli artist list of the Information Center for Israeli Art at the Israel Museum". Archived from the original on 13 August 2011.
  3. ^ Switzerland decides not to judge PLO's request on Geneva Conventions
  4. ^ Jerusalem Artists House

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